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flake |
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flake 1 Noun 1. a small thin piece chipped off an object or substance 2. a small piece: flakes of snow 3. slang an eccentric or unreliable person Verb [flaking, flaked] 1. to peel or cause to peel off in flakes 2. to break into small thin pieces: bake for 30 minutes, or until the fish is firm and flakes easily [from Old Norse] flaky adj flake 2 Noun (in Australia) the commercial name for the meat of the gummy shark
Flake a bundle of parallel fibres or threads, 1635. Examples: flake of ice, 1555.
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flake Translationsvi (also: flake off) [paint] → desconcharse; [skin] → descamarse vi (also: flake off) → s'écailler (of snow, soap powder) → Flocke f vi (also: flake off) → abblättern, absplittern (go to sleep) → einschlafen vi (also: flake off) → sfaldarsi |
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And never a flake That the vapour can make With the moon-tints of purple and pearl, Can vie with the modest Eulalie's most unregarded curl - Can compare with the bright-eyed Eulalie's most humble and careless curl. And Ripple, safe again beneath her snow flake, gladly gave the chain to them; and told them how the pearls they now placed proudly on their breasts were formed of tears, which but for them might still be flowing. The flake of snow grew larger and larger; and at last it was like a young lady, dressed in the finest white gauze, made of a million little flakes like stars. |
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